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THIS WAY OUT
the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
RUNDOWN for Program #878, distributed 1/24/05
(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
The real story behind Tchaikovsky's passionately-gay "Pathetique";
The top Sikh leader declares marriage equality "sick", the Canadian
Conservative Party's ad campaign will promote "traditional" matrimony,
while politics, not love, sparks two Russian men's marriage application, a
Brazilian prosecutor seeks court-ordered same-gender weddings, the U.S.'s
DOMA withstands its first challenge, sheltering SpongeBob, and more news
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Opening theme music/intro continuity. . [no teases this week] . . . :40
SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": In India, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, the top
clergymember of the Sikh religion, issues an edict prohibiting the celebration of
same gender marriages, calling the very idea the product of "sick minds,"
while Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, visiting India primarily to discuss
tsunami relief efforts there, defends his Government's plan to legalize civil
marriages for gay & lesbian couples as the opposition Conservative Party plans a
widespread ad campaign in support of "traditional" marriage; two Russian
male activists are refused a marriage license at a Moscow registry office, part of
their plan to challenge the denial at the European Court of Human Rights,
but a federal prosecutor in Brazil files for a judicial order that would require
all Brazilian courts to perform same gender marriages; a U.S. district court
judge in Florida upholds the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA) in a case brought by a lesbian couple married in Massachusetts
seeking its legal recognition in their home state, while U.S. President George
W. Bush acknowledges during an interview with the "Washington Post" that the
so-called Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) has no chance of passage, at least in
the U.S. Senate, until DOMA has been struck down by the courts; the
Louisiana Supreme Court upholds the validity of the voter-passed state constitutional
amendment defining marriage exclusively as between "one man and one woman",
while Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's official signature makes his state the
15th in the U.S. to ban sexual orientation discrimination; and U.S.
Christian conservatives are up in arms over SpongeBob Squarepants' appearance in an
educational video to promote respect for differences, including "sexual
identity," charging that the animated icon would be "brainwashing children" into
believing that gay is okay, prompting the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center to offer him a
haven from homophobia among its "gay/straight alliance of cartoon characters"
[written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and
Greg Gordon, and reported this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & DEAN ELZINGA] . . .
10:45
SEGMENT #2 - British schools will be encouraged to teach students about the
achievements of lesbians and gay men around the world in February as part of a
first-ever Gay History Month, which the government's Equality Minister Jacqui
Smith says is aimed at creating "a more inclusive society." As This Way
Out's contribution to that effort we offer this analysis of gay composer PETER
ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY's 6th Symphony, the "Pathetique," from a perspective you
almost certainly didn't get in any "music appreciation" class. It's based on what
historian and Slavic languages professor Simon Karlinsky told "Christopher
Street" magazine in the late 1980s. From producer HUGH YOUNG and narrator BARRY
EMPSON ["Gay BC"/Access Radio - Wellington, New Zealand], we go "Beyond the
Sugar Plum Fairy" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16:10
Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20
TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55
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ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE REAL STORY BEHIND TCHAIKOVSKY'S
PASSIONATELY-GAY "PATHETIQUE"... IN THE NEWS, THE TOP SIKH LEADER DECLARES
MARRIAGE EQUALITY "SICK", THE CANADIAN CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S AD CAMPAIGN
WILL PROMOTE "TRADITIONAL" MATRIMONY, WHILE POLITICS, NOT LOVE, SPARKS TWO
RUSSIAN MEN'S MARRIAGE APPLICATION, A BRAZILIAN FEDERAL PROSECUTOR SEEKS
COURT-ORDERED SAME-GENDER WEDDINGS, THE U.S.'S "DOMA" WITHSTANDS ITS FIRST
CHALLENGE, AND L.A. QUEERS OFFER SHELTER TO SPONGEBOB.
ALL THAT -- AND MORE THIS WEEK -- WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO "THIS WAY OUT:
THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE",
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